Micaiah said, “If you really do come back safely, then the Lord wasn’t speaking through me. Pay attention to this, everyone!”
So the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to Ramoth in Gilead.
All the sinners among my people are thinking, “Destruction will not catch up to us or run into us.” In spite of this, they will be killed with swords.
Listen, all you people! Pay attention, earth and all who are on it. The Almighty Lord will be a witness against you. The Lord will be a witness from his holy temple.
If these men die like all other people—if they die a natural death—then the Lord hasn’t sent me.
Let the person who has ears listen!”
Then he called the crowd and said to them, “Listen and try to understand!
Then he called the crowd again and said to them, “Listen to me, all of you, and try to understand!